id:			129854
accession number:	1952.280
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.280
updated:		2025-05-16 11:07:25.556000

Historiated Initial (E) Excised from a Gradual: Adoration of the Magi, c. 1200–1240. Italy, Siena. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 17 x 21 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.280

title:				Historiated Initial (E) Excised from a Gradual: Adoration of the Magi
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creation date:			c. 1200–1240
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1240
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Siena
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 17 x 21 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art
	opening date:   1993-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

	title:		Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2019-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 2, 2019-July 1, 2020).

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PROVENANCE

	(Vladimir G. Simkhovitch [1874–1959], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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